Haiti's Hospital Albert Schweitzer: The legacy of Larimer and Gwen Mellon

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 527-529

  Nicholas, Stephen W ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EDITORIAL; FIRST AID; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WELLBEING; ART; COMMUNITY CARE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; FEMALE; HISTORY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; PORTRAITS; PREGNANCY; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 0038475750     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.4.527     Document Type: Editorial

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